John maekmann



J. MARKMANN.

SHAPE RETAINER FOR THE BREASTS 0F GARMBNTS.

(No Model.)

Patented Feb. 8, 1887.

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, llnrrnn STATES JOHN MARKMANN, OF MUSOATINE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PHILIP .I. MAOKEY, OF SAME PLACE.

SHAPE-RETAINERFOR THE. BREASTS OF GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,397, dated February 8, 1887. i

' Application filed July 12, 1886. Serial No. 207,812. No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itkuown that I, JOHN MARKMANN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Muscatine, in the county of Muscatine and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Breast- Shape Retainers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to devices for retaining in shape the breasts of garments; and it consists of a bifurcated plate ,of' spring-brass, or any other suitably firm and elastic material, the two parts of the plate being provided with perforations to admit of being stitched to the garment and shaped to conform to the shape of the breast of the garment to which it may be attached, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the breast-shape retainer detached. Fig. 2 is a view of the retainerplate covered with cloth. Fig. 3 is a view with lining and facing of the breast of a garment removed, showing the shape-retainer attached in position to the garment. Fig. 4 is an outside view of the breast of a garment having the shape-retainer attached and its position shown in dotted lines.

A A designate the two parts of the shaperet-ainer, of any required length, united together at a, at any required angle, so that the part A may be placed parallel with the front line, b, and the part A will extend in the required direction across the breast of the garment, as shown in the drawings.

The part A is curved along its front edge and on its side to enable it to conform to and hold the breast of a garment in the required shape along its front line, and the part A is curved on its side to conform to and hold a garment in shape across its breast. The retainer is fastened to the breast of a garment between the lining or facing and the outer cloth by stitching through the perforations 0 near the edges of the plates, as shown.

The plates are covered with any suitable fabric, (Z, before the retainer is attached to the garment. The plates, being-made as thin as practicable of spring-brass or some other material that possesses the requisite elasticity and firmness, will add no appreciable weight to .but will cause the breasts of the garmentto retain the smooth unbroken shape of the body of the person wearing the garment.

These retainers, it is evident, are easily made and are inexpensive, and not being liable to be broken or worn out, may, when it is desirable, be removed from worn out garments and attached to new garments, saving the expense of new stiffenings or retainers.

\Vhatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the breast of a garment, of the bifurcated shape-retainer consisting of the curved perforated parts A A, the part A being adapted to conform to and hold a garment in the required shape along its front line and the part A being adapted to conform to and hold a garment in the required shape across its breast, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN MARKMANN.

Witnesses:

S. W. KEoK, T. R. FITZGERALD. 

